Sanitary block holder



June 3, 1930. c. E. PICKERING 1,761,154

SANITARY BLOCK HOLDER Filed Jan. 21. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 6/155 TE]? 6. PILKERl/YG.

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A TTORNEX Patented June 3, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT i OFFICE CHESTER EVERETT PIGKERING, OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA SANITARY BLooK HoLnEn Application filed January 21, 1929. Serial No. 333,930.

This invention relates to a sanitary block holder, of foraminous structure, which willwhich can be readily and quickly filled without detaching the same from the under face of the commode seat.

A further object is to provide a holder for a deoderant or disinfectant carried in an inconspicuous position on a commode seat and in as close a proximity as possible to the source of foul odour.

Vith the foregoing and. other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of the novel con-,

struction, combination and arrangement of co-operating elements as hereinafter more specifically set forth, claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings forming a part of the present application, in which:

Fig. 1 illustrates a section of a water closet bowl, showing the seat in raised position, and the preferred embodiment of my invention as attached to the under face thereof.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the preferred embodiment of my holder.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a water closet bowl with the seat down, the cover up and showing the preferred embodiment of my invention swung out to refilling position.

Fig. 4 is a View of a modified form of the preferred embodiment of my holder.

Fig. 5 is a further modified form of the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the different views.

t is the bowl of a water closet, having hinged thereto a commode seat 5 and cover 6. 7 is a sanitary block holder which is made from foraminous material such as sheet metal.

'dotted lines in Fig. 1. In Fig. 3, I show Preferably, the holder 7 will be curvedv in approximate corresponding curvature to that of the inner circumference of the seat 5. I

do not wish to be limited to a curved shape of this nature nor do I wish to be limited to the holder as being made from sheet metal, as

the holder may be made from wire mesh to give the same desired results. At one end of the holder 7, I provide a lug 8, having an opening 9 formed therein. At the otherend, 6031 I provide a lug 10, having a keyslot opening 11 formed therein. The holder is composed of two side walls, two end walls and a bottom. When the holder is attached to the under face of the commode seat 5 as shown in Fig. 1, the opened top will be in closed contact against the under face of the commode seat 5 and therefore the sanitary block or blocks of deodorant or disinfectant will v be fully enclosed in the holder 7, but the fumes therefrom will be permitted to escape owing to the foraminous nature of the holder. Screws 12 and 12 may beused to retain the holder 7 in the desired fixed position on the' under face of the commode seat 5. When it 7 is necessary to refill the holder7, the screw 12" will be loosened slightly to permit the holder to he swung to position as shown in a refill block in position to be inserted into the holder 7, after which the holder will be swung back to normal position and the screw 12" tightened. If desirous the lug 10 may be eliminated and a wireengagement member 14 substituted therefor, (see Fig. 4) which wire engagement member 14 is formed in such a manner as to provide a tension engagement loop which will engage over the screw v12 without having to loosen the same.

In Fig. 5, I show a foraminous holderhaving a lid which may have a hinged or sliding connection at the end of the holder, so that when the commode seat is 'in' raised position the lid may be opened and a block or blocks filled into the same while in this upright position, after which the lid will be again closed.

The foregoing specification and annexed drawings disclose the preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is to be understood that minor changes may be resorted to in the commercial adaptation of my invention Without departing from the scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed. Vha-t I claim as new is:

The combination with a commode seat, 0 a. sanitary block holder formed from foraminous material, said holder having an open top through which a block of disinfectant 10 may be positioned in said holder; a means whereby one end of said holder may be pivotally connected to the under face of said commode seat and a means at the other end of said holder for retaining it in normal p0- 15 sition under said seat.

- In testimony whereof, I atfix my signature.

CHESTER EVERETT PICKERING. 

